The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 27th August 2021

Coming into operation: at 4.00 a.m. on 30th August 2021

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

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Amendment to regulation 10

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Amendment to Schedule 1

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Amendment to Schedule 2

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Amendments to Schedule 4

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Amendments to Schedule 6

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th August 2021

Dr Naresh Chada — A senior officer of the Department of Health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 3 makes amendments to regulation 10 of the principal Regulations to clarify that the requirement to self-isolate does not apply to a fully vaccinated amber list arrival as described in regulation 3A of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 makes amendments to Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations by adding Montenegro and Thailand.

Regulation 5 makes amendments to Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations by adding the Azores, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland.

Regulation 6 amends Schedule 4 of the principal Regulations by omitting the exemptions for UEFA Super Cup invitees and UEFA Super Cup Villarreal attendees which have now expired.

Regulation 7 makes amendments to Schedule 6 of the principal Regulations to amend the definitions of approved private test and approved private provider and substitute paragraph 12. It also amends paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 6 of the principal Regulations to correct a drafting error.

No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

[^f00002]: 1967 c. 36 (N.I.). Part 1A was inserted by section 48 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2021 No. 99 as amended by S.R. 2021 Nos. 108, 121, 132, 154, 189, 213, 214, 218, 225 and 230

Editorial notes